Salvation - relief

Japanese: 救済 - きゅうぜい

Year of death: Eiwa 4/Tenju 4.3.8 (1378.4.5)
Year of birth: Koan 7 (1284)
A renga master from the end of the Kamakura period to the Northern and Southern Courts period. Also read as "Gusai." Also called Jijoubo or Jikko, he may have been a member of the Sasaki clan of Omi Province. He studied renga from Zen'a and waka from Reizei Tamesuke. During the Bunpo era (1317-19), he demonstrated his ability in leading the Kitanosha Horaku Senku, and in the Northern and Southern Courts period, he joined a renga group organized by Toki Yoritsune and Ashikaga Tadayoshi, and later gained the patronage of Nijō Yoshimoto, Prince Sontane, and Kyogoku Takauji (Sasaki Doyo), and rose to a leading position in the renga world. Yoshimoto especially held Kikuchi's renga highly in high regard, and used his theories in his renga treatise "Henrensho." In addition, in 1356, when he compiled "Tsukubashu," he asked Kikuchi to cooperate, and when "Renga Shinshiki (Oan Shinshiki)" was established in 1372, Kikuchi added his signature, and thus fully supported Yoshimoto's renga activities. The cooperative relationship between these two men brought about a fusion of underground renga, characterized by logical association, and court renga, which was all about elegance, and contributed greatly to the subsequent development of renga. Details of Kikuchi's life are unknown, except for fragments that are known, such as his visit to Anrakuji Temple in Chikushi and his residence at Gokurakuji Temple in Ohara. In addition to the 127 poems included in "Tsukubashu," his works include "Bunwa Senku," "Murasakino Senku," and "Samurai Ko Shu A Hyakuban Renga-awase." His arrangements, which grasp the essential points of the previous verse, such as "If there were retribution for sins, the moon would remain on the hunting grounds in the morning snow," are unmatched. His disciples include Shua, Eiun, Soa, and Seia. <References> Kaneko Kinjiro, "Research on the Ukubashu"

(Taizo Sawai)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：永和4/天授4.3.8(1378.4.5)
生年：弘安7(1284)
鎌倉末・南北朝時代の連歌師。「ぐさい」とも読む。侍従房,侍公とも称され,近江国佐々木氏の一族か。連歌を善阿に,和歌を冷泉為相に学んだ。文保(1317～19)のころ,北野社法楽千句を指導する実力をみせ,南北朝時代に入ると土岐頼遠,足利直義ら主催の連歌会に加わり,さらにその後,二条良基,尊胤法親王,京極高氏(佐々木導誉)らの庇護を得て,連歌界の指導的立場に立った。特に良基は救済の連歌を高く評価し,連歌論『僻連抄』にはその所説を用い,また延文1(1356)年,『菟玖波集』編集に当たっては救済の協力を求め,応安5(1372)年『連歌新式(応安新式)』を制定した折には加判させるなどし,救済も良基の連歌活動を全面的に支えた。このふたりの協調関係は,理詰めな付合を特徴とする地下連歌と優美一辺倒の堂上連歌との融合をもたらし,以後の連歌の発展に大きく寄与した。救済の生涯は,筑紫安楽寺を訪れたこと,大原極楽寺に住んだことなどが断片的に知られるのみで,詳細は不明。作品は『菟玖波集』入集の127句のほか,『文和千句』『紫野千句』『侍公周阿百番連歌合』などがある。「罪のむくひはさもあらばあれ/月残る狩場の雪の朝ぼらけ」などのように前句の肝要を押さえた付合は他の追随を許さない。門弟には周阿,永運,素阿,成阿らがいる。<参考文献>金子金治郎『菟玖波集の研究』

(沢井耐三)

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